Monday, November 13, 2023

We Are Family

This week, we're sharing family stories.  Here are a few of our favorite chapter books featuring families . . .

The Willoughbys by Lois Lowry
The four Willoughby children set about to become "deserving orphans" after their neglectful parents embark on a treacherous adventure, leaving them in the care of an odious nanny.

Bo at Ballard Creek by Kirkpatrick Hill
It's the 1920s, and Bo was headed for an Alaska orphanage when she won the hearts of two tough gold miners who set out to raise her, enthusiastically helped by all the kind people of the nearby Eskimo village.

Dancing Shoes by Noel Streatfield
After her mother's death, Rachel and her adopted sister Hilary are taken in by Aunt Cora, who runs a dancing school where Rachel's spoiled cousin Dulcie is the star pupil.

The Elevator Family by Douglas Evans
The four members of the Wilson family decide to spend their holiday in one of the elevators at the San Francisco Hotel.


More Books --
All-of-a-Kind Family by Sidney Taylor
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
The Boxcar Children series by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepherd
Chester and Gus by Cammie McGovern
Greenglass House by Kate Milford
A Long Line of Cakes by Deborah Wiles
The Moffats by Eleanor Estes
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
Rewind by Lisa Graff
Secondhand Dogs by Carolyn Crimi
Soar by Joan Bauer
The Star That Always Stays by Anna Rose Johnson
Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Take Me With You by Carolyn Marsden
The Tale of Angelino Brown by David Almond
The War with Grandpa by Robert Kimmel Smith

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